4
sophistry(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
4
subterfuge
4
uncertainty(noun, doubt, vagueness, haziness)
3
abandonment(noun, failure, retreat, rejection, withdrawal)
3
alienation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
amphibology(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
3
backsliding(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
3
deceit(noun, equivocation)
3
denial
3
duplicity(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
3
hedging(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
3
rebellion(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
rejection(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
3
repudiation(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
3
resignation(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
3
reversal
3
separation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
shuffling(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
3
waffle(noun, cover, clear, line, informal)
3
weasel word(noun, clear, equivocation)
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